Plumber&#39;s vise.



F. CABLE.

PLUMBBRS VISE. APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 28. 1909.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

hinges are located adjacent FREDRIGK CABLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

I PLUMBEBS VISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

Application filed January 28. 1909. Serial No. 474,881.

iently in the plnmbers kit and readily and to a post, joist, or anyother securely applied bui l dconvenient object either in a shop, ing oryard.

Heretofore VlSQS, of this sort have been made incapable of being foldedcompactly and adapted to be secured only by means of lag screws whichnot only materially injure the part into which they are driven, butarealso very liable to become loose so that the vise during the use thereofis frequently torn from its setting.

My invention seeks to overcome these disadvantages. I attain this end bymounting the vise proper on a base in such a way that itmay be foldedflat against the same when not in use and providing the base withpcculiar folding devices by which it may be fastened securely to anydesired object without injuring such object, and without danger of thefastenings being torn therefrom.

My invention involves various other features of importance all of whichwill be fully set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawin s which illustrate as anexample the pre erred embodiment of my invention, in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing it in operativeposition; Fig. 2 is a side view showing the device folded; Fig. 3 is adetail section showing one of the tie rods of the mounting means; andFig. 4: is a detail section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

10 indicates the base of the vise which is preferably in the form of aflat plate. On this base is mounted by a hinge or hinges 11 thestationary jaw 12 of the vise. The to one edge of the base 10 and sodisposed that said jaw may be thrown down on the base in positionsubstantially parallel therewith. The hinges are also arranged at theinner side of the jaw so that when the jaw is thrown up to verticalposition as shown in Fig. 1 it cannot swing outward beyond saidposition. The jaw 12 is provided with side members 13 rising therefromand to one of these side members is pivoted a yoke 14. The opposite sidemember 12 is bifurcated to receive the corresponding end of the yoke 14and a removable pin 15 is provided to hold the yoke 14 rigidly in theposition shown in Fig. 1. Upon removal of said pin, however, the yoke 14may be thrown into the open osition so as to allow a pipe to be readilyinserted by a sidewise motion into the space between the jaws of thevise. The movable jaw 16 of the vise is actuated by the usual screw 17operating in the yoke 14 and runs on guides 13 and 14 formed on theinner surfaces of the side members 13 and arms of the yoke 14. Saidguides 13 and 14- have beveled edges matching with each other as shownby the broken lines in Fig. 1 so that they may readily separate when theyoke is thrown open, but when the yoke is in closed position the guidesclosely abut each other to form a continuous guiding means for said jaw16. hen the yoke is to be thrown open the jaw should be moved u wardinto the yoke so that it will move wit the same.

To the edge of the base 10 on which the stationary jaw 12- is mountedare pivoted slotted arms 18 rigidly connected at their outer ends by, across member 19' the three parts forming a U-shaped member as shown.

The pivoted ends of said arms 18 are providedwith hooks or otherequivalents 19 which when the arms are thrown down to the activeposition shown in Fig. 1 swing upward and engage in eyes 20 secured tothe side edges of the stationary jaw 12. This engagement of said hooksand eyes 19 and 20 or their equivalent means servesto hold thestationary jaw from falling back upon the base 10, and insures the rigid708ltion of the vise proper when operat-iv at the same time enablingthispart to be easily folded down when not innse as in the mannerpreviously described. The arms 18 form part of the means for attachingthe device to a support and coact with a U-sha ed clamp member 21. Thisclamp inemherias screws 22 passing through it and provided, with nuts 23adapted to bear on the outer sides of the clamp member 21. At; their;inner ends said screws are provided )with tie rods tapering heads 24.which engage the correspondingly shaped slots in the arms 18. T isallows the clamp member 21 to be freely adjusted on the arms 19" andfastened securely at any desired position thereon by tightening the nuts23.

At the edge of the base 1.0 opposite the edge on which the vise proper1s mounted are located two tie-bolts 25 which are pivoted to the base 10through an ofi-setor eccentric connecti0n 26 shown best in Fig. 3, suchconnection allowing the tie bolts 25 to swing down from the base asshown in Figs. 1. to be moved into the folded position shown in Fig. 2where they engage the underside of the base and lie snugly against thesame. The clamp member 21 has at its transversely disposed free portiona flange or other means 27 in which openings may be formed to receivethe ends of the tie rods and said are fitted with nuts 28 or other meansfor adj ustably fastening them to said flange or other means 27 on theclamp member 25.

In the use of the invention when the same is to be folded for easytransport the slotted arms 18 are moved so that they lie along the sideedges of the base 10, the books 19 disengaging the eyesf20 and the nuts23 of the clamp member 21. are loosened so that said member may also beswung with its side portions in parallelism with the arms 18 and itscross piece at its end extending past the edge of the base 10 oppositethe edge to which the stationary part of the-vise is attached. Finallythe tie rods 25 are swung under the base and if desired one of the nuts28 tightened against the edge of'the base as shown in Fig' 2 to hold thetie rods'from swinging freely.

To use the device any convenient object such as a beam, joist, post orthe like is selected as the support and and 25 moved outward from thebase 10 in the manner shown in Fig. 1, the postor other support passingbetween the base and clamp member 21 and also between the arms 18 andtie rods 25 in the manner for example as indicated by the broken lines29 in Fig. l. The base 10 and clamp 21 are then snugly pressed againstthe joist or other support and the nuts 23 and 28 then tightened so thatthe base is clamped rigidly to the sup port by a means completelyembracing the same and therefore absolutely secure. Pre vious to thisoperation the vise proper should have been thro n out to its operativeposition perpendicular to the base so that when the arms 18 were moveddownward to the position shown in Fig. 1 the hooks l9 and 3 and alsoallowing the tie bolts the parts 18, 21

engage'the eyes 20 thus locking the vise in active position in themanner explained. It will be seen that this mounts the vise so that itmay be readily operated in the usual manner and mounts it without thenecessity of lag screws which, as explained, are not only insecure, butmark and injure the part into which they are driven. It will also beseen that the device may be lightly constructed, for example ofmalleable iron castings and folded -into most compact form so that itmay be placed with the mechanics kit in the tool bag usually employed bysuch opera tives. Further, thedevice of course is not limited to use ona horizontal support in the manner indicated in Fig. 1, but may beapplied with equal facility andadvantage to vertical supports or indeedto supports disposed in any direction.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let'- ters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a vise, the combination with the jaws thereof of a base on whichthey are" mounted and toward and from which they are adapted to swing,the base in place and devices for securing the jaws in operativeposition, such devices be ing active upon the operation of said meansfor holding-the base in place.

2. In a vise, the combination with the jaws thereof, of a base on whichsaid jaws are hingedly mounted, clamping means to hold the base inplace, said clamping means includin a swinging arm, a device on said armat apted to engage said jaws when the arm is extended into operatlveposition by which device to hold the jaw from swinging movement on. thebase.

3. In a vise, the combination with the jaws thereof of a base on whichthey are hingedly mounted, means for holding the base in po-' sitionincluding a swinging arm and a hook on the arm adapted when the arm isextended into operative position to engage an eye on the jaws of thevise to prevent said jaws from swinging on the base.

4. In a vise, the combination with the jaws thereof, of a base on whichthey are mounted, arms attached to the base, a clamp member opposing thebase,means for adjustably connecting the clamp member with said arms andtie rods pivoted to the base and adjust U ably connected with the clampmember. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in twosubscribing witnesses.

FREDRIOK GARLE. WVitnesses:

' ISAAC B. OwE'Ns,

B. BIGGE.

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